Nathan Deschamps Freestyle Footbag

Rainy Summer

2008-08-11T17:33:00.002-04:00

This summer its been raining a lot. Every second day it feels like I'm surrounded by the rain. It sucks quite a lot.
I've been working on my ducking moves a lot lately. Everything is coming along well. I haven't been up to anything exciting. My life has been great. Oh! I did get a new footbag in the mail. I haven't broken it in yet. Its a 32 panel and its made from ameretta. I also ordered another footbag that has yet to arrive. Enjoy the video

Pineapple Express Is Out Soon!

2008-08-04T19:22:00.008-04:00

I passed summer school! Thank god.. I wouldn't want to go through all the studying again. I haven't been up to much lately just spending time playing footbag and playing video games. I beat the around the world record. I posted it on youtube you can find it here. I'm also going to try and beat a bunch of other footbag records so I'll keep you all posted on that. I've got another 4 weeks of summer before school starts again. I'm not looking forward to that, but at least I'll have some new moves to show off at school. I used the theme song from pineapple express in todays video. The movie is being released in two days and I can't wait to see it.

Holy crap, Intense studying

2008-07-28T23:31:00.006-04:00

I've been studying intensely all night. It's suprising that I actually even got a new video up tonight. I decided to put a rap song in this one. I guess because I see more people here in Oshawa listening to rap than anything else. I figured it made sense. I haven't gotten to play like any footbag this week because of my crappy summer school. I've been stuck there for 2 weeks and tomorrow is the final exam day. No, I didn't fail the school year, my parents just decided to force me to move up to academic. Its depressing I know, but anyways I hope you all like the new video!

New video every monday

2008-07-21T16:14:00.002-04:00

I've decided that I don't post enough on the blog, so I'm going to be posting a new video every monday. With a schedule planned out it should help me make time to get new videos up. I've been trying to beat the record for the most around the worlds done in a row. My highest amount I've accomplished so far is 50. The current record is 77. I posted a bet on bragster about it, you can check it out here. I've got 11 days left to beat the record or I lose the bet. Wish me luck!

I realize that the song in this video is incredibly obnoxious, that was for revenge purposes. Cassy (the other footbagger in the video) put that in there to be a weirdo (just kidding shes awesome). The funny thing is, I like the song, but i know that 99.5% of people won't enjoy it.... Sooo Enjoy!

Footbagging In Colberg

2008-06-10T08:51:00.005-04:00

I went to my friend Colters condo in Colberg. We where pretty bored so we got some sick footage for the blog. I was thinking the other day and I completely forgot to mention that it was my birthday on the 18th of may! We went to this place downtown called Laser Extreme. Its basically laser tag only on drugs.
But anyways I gotta keep this short I'm going to a dentist appointment in a couple minutes. Hopefully I won't need my retainer in my mouth for much longer.
The iron man routine is coming along well, its about 1/3 done. So anyways enjoy the video!

First Tournament ToJam BABY

2008-05-24T14:08:00.006-04:00

I finally got my chance to participate in my first tournament in Toronto! I posted some of the footage from the circle competition in today's video. I'm getting much better at hitting phoenix, I recorded it on video today for your enjoyment.
Oh god, finally I got some new shorts, I've gotta say they look a billion times better then the last ones. These ones actually seem to match what I'm wearing once in a while ;)
I basically destroyed my quantums (footbag shoes) so now I've gotta go back to using my lavers till I destroy those too.
Iron Man the movie was so incredibly good that it inspired me to start working on a footbag routine to the song "iron man - Black Sabbath". I should have it posted on the blog when I finish choreographing it.
I found out the other day that if i close my fists while playing footbag, my arms become a lot less distracting to the audience. So I've been working on that.
Anyways... this is the longest post I've written so far, enjoy the video!

Going to see Iron Man tonight

2008-05-12T20:32:00.006-04:00

Tonight I'm going out to go see Iron Man, I've seen the previews for it and I'm absolutly pumped to go see it. I heard there making a second one too, that should give me somthing to look forward to. I've been playing lots of footbag as usual. I managed to hit a new move, its called a phenix, I'll try to get it on tape for the next video I post. Sorry about the shortness of this video, I got lazy. My next one will be longer.

Look out, a new video just snuck up on you?

2008-04-23T17:40:00.003-04:00

Dragonfly Footbags has sponsored me! I was given the opportunity to design my own footbag. So heres a link to my creation. The footbags are currently selling for 28$ US. Dragonfly also created a video with some footage I sent them, you can check it out here.

All has been well in my life, nothing to exciting happening. I've just been playing lots of footbag, so hopefully you guys like the new video.

New video? It must be a sign of the apacolypse

2008-02-24T15:47:00.011-05:00

Alright! finally the first day in Oshawa that isen't freezing outside. I was getting sick of the cold weather and now im free from it all.. at least for a short while. I've been going hardcore promoting the blog all over the internet. If anyone knows any way I could get more traffic to the blog leave me a comment ;). Any bit helps!
Arrrg (pirate noise) , I work tonight, I hate working
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Posting on Youtube

2008-01-10T17:28:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone, heres another video. I just wanted to mention that I've been throwing all my new videos on youtube lately. This will be the fourth I've uploaded so far. Today was an o.k. day, not too much happened. I did however get lots and lots of homework. Which will slowly but surely turn my night to crap, but thats alright. At least I managed to get another video up on the site. I'll be playing battlefield 2 pc game by 8 hopefully. Anyways enjoy the video :)

Whats this?! Another video??

2008-01-09T17:37:00.000-05:00

Yes finally I've added another video. I know its been incredibly long since I put a new video on the site, but I'm going to start getting into the habit of posting more often. Much has happened since the last post. I have great news that I'm not so sure I can talk about yet so I'll let you all know in the near future. I've received quantum shoes and I got a new footbag for Christmas. I also got tricks of the trade instructional dvd. But anyways enjoy the video and look forward to good news :).

Stayed up all night at school

2007-12-08T20:58:00.000-05:00

Okay so last night my school hosted an event where we stay up all night and do whatever pleases you through out the the hallways/gym. Most people brought their gaming systems or movies, I decided to play some footbag and get some footage for all of you! It was really fun, I got home at around 8am and went straight to bed. I slept in till about 3pm, I don't think I've ever smelt as dirty as I did after I woke up. Oh well, that's the price you pay for staying up playing footbag all night I suppose!
Enjoy the video!

First slightly edited video!

2007-12-06T18:55:00.000-05:00

Woah!
Finally I took the big step of editing a video! Its about time really, Its kinda ghetto looking but its a start! I'll most likely be putting this video on you tube to get some publicity to this site. Tomorrow my school is holding an event where we basically stay up all night at school then go home and sleep the next day. So my main goal is going to be to get some awesome footbag footage at like 3 'o clock in the morning. Thank goodness for energy drinks..

Removed the ads

2007-12-04T17:09:00.000-05:00

Today I have decided to remove the ads so that I can concentrate on getting more people to visit this blog first. They will be re-added once I get a lot more traffic coming into the site.
Anyways, today's been a a sort of dull day, not too much happening, unfortunately I went to school today. Writing this is making me realize I still haven't gotten my footbag back from that anonymous teacher! God, I hate her so much. No one takes away my footbag and gets away with it. I'll try to get it back tomorrow at school. I've been waiting for the past like 2 weeks! If she doesn't give it back to me soon enough, I'll go ninja style in her office and retrieve it!
Yes I have no life,
I'm eating pizza tonight so that should cheer me up, always does ;)

Raising my google page rank

2007-12-03T13:02:00.001-05:00

I've got good news for the most of you!
I've decided to devote a lot more time into this blog. I'm going to be posting multiple videos a day for the next few weeks, I really wanna get some traffic coming in and writing more posts is just the way to do it. I also want to start increasing my page rank, right now its currently 0. Which in other words means it need a lot more work happening. I've been writing lots of Digg articles about this blog. I'm going to do everything in my power to make this blog much better.

Snow comes to Oshawa!

2007-11-22T16:29:00.000-05:00

Snow has arrived to Oshawa, so obviously I posted a video of me freezing in it. Much has happened since my last post, my teacher has stolen my new footbag away from me! I know, i know she sucks, but she'll eventually give it back, till then I re-sewed my old footbag that I managed to get a hole in before. I would have gotten a better video for you guys but I was half frozen so I figured it was best to just stick with this one :)

Footbagging in the kitchen, its the way to go :)

2007-11-10T15:33:00.000-05:00

Ah finally, another post... I've been waiting for my new footbag to arrive for the longest time now, and yesterday it finally did!

Here's a picture:

Yes

Very

Pretty

Sorry about the longgg wait for another video!

Footbagging at Bird Kingdom!!

2007-10-28T21:57:00.000-04:00

Sorry about the terribly slow post guys, I was in Niagara staying at the great wolf lodge! We went to go visit this place called bird kingdom, basically its a crap load of birds flying randomly everywhere and you get to watch in amazement! It was awesome! So obviously I figured it would be an awesome time to catch a footbag video! :), I am disappointed over something though, they took me off Google? Strange? Oh well, I'm sure I'll get back on in no time, I hope you guys enjoyed the video! Halloween in 3 days! I'm sure I'll get a sweet Halloween video for you guys!

Im on Google! :)

2007-10-20T16:18:00.000-04:00

Today I found myself once again checking Google results for: Nathan footbag, and hooray! finally I've been added to the search engine! It made me so happy I decided to make another video! and this one Isn't as terrible as yesterdays :)
Once my site gets popular enough and people are actually viewing my videos I'll start editing them and adding background music and such, but for now I'm too lazy.
Yesterday I ordered a 20 panel sand filled footbag I'll post a picture of it once i get it:)

Rainyyy

2007-10-19T16:14:00.000-04:00

Today was quite rainy, and it has been for awhile now. We watched volleyball tournaments at school today during gym so I got a few people to start a freestyle footbag circle, that's always fun :). Sorry about the poor video quality, I'll get my new video camera soon enough! Arrgg, i couldn't manage to catch any good runs on video this time so i dropped it a few times, oh well, I have plenty of time to make up for my faults :), I've been trying hard to get myself on Google for the past few days, it'll eventually come i suppose. I've been working on hitting a new move called pendulum its basically you swing the footbag behind you and it goes past over you head then you stale the footbag. It'l be a nice crowed pleaser once i can hit it :). I'll make sure to post a video of it eventually. Anyways I'm off to go do some more practicing wish me luck!

Footbag! The Beginning!!

2007-10-14T15:15:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the first post of my blog! my name is Nathan and I've been playing footbag for the past 3 months. I'm still a beginner, I play about 4 hours a day, I plan on making a short movie this winter about my life as a footbag player and show the areas I often like to shred at. Although I'm stuck waiting until Christmas to get my new video camera =-)
I hope to post on this blog at least three times a week! I'll also be adding a video on each blog post of me shredding to keep everyone interested:)
I put Google ads at the bottom to earn some revenue.
The money I earn from this blog will all go towards helping me get to footbag events and competition in the future.
With this blog I'd like to help make footbag a well known sport!

Anyways hope you guys enjoyed the first video!
Many more to come.... :)